NASA Aerial Photographer Completes 1,000th Flight
Troy Asher, acting center director, presents NASA aerial photographer Carla Thomas with an award commemorating her 1,000th flight at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Monday, April 20, 2026. For 38 years, Thomas has captured aerial photographs of research and science flights. The milestone flight was completed in the backseat of a NASA F-15 aircraft piloted by NASA Armstrong chief pilot Wayne Ringelberg.
- Date
- 2026-04-20
- Photographer / author
- NASA/Ryan Kline
- Collection
- AFRC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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